Third Grade

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Welcome!

• Third Grade
• Parent Orientation

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Remember Responsibility!

• Agendas need to be signed every night!
• Homework Reading Log
• Tuesday Red Folder
• Transportation Notes/ Absence Notes
• Black Box
• Children may not return to the classroom to get
  homework once dismissed
• Check-out policy
• Lunch on the picnic tables

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Field Trips

• Look for more information to be sent home.
• If you are interested in chaperoning a field trip
  please
• let your childs teacher know when the chaperone
  letters go home.
• Field Trips are by paid for by donations,
  therefore a field trip
• may be cancelled due to lack of funds.

• Contacting Your Childs Teacher

We encourage parents to contact us if you have
any questions. The best way to contact your
childs teacher is by calling the office to
leave a message or by email. The Nickajack web
site has the email addresses of all of our third
grade team and the link for the 3rd grade blog.
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Common Core State Standards

• Aligned with college and work expectations
• Include rigorous content and application of
  knowledge through higher order thinking skills
  (problem solving and strategizing)
• Build on strength and lessons of current state
  standards

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Common Core State Standards

• Are informed by other top-performing countries,
  so that all students are prepared to succeed in a
  global economy and society
• Common Core State Standards build upon the
  strength of current standards to boost the
  competitive advantage of American students, who
  for the first time will have the opportunity to
  meet the academic standards set by top-performing
  countries.
• For more information, please visit
• www.cobbk12.org

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Back the JackWhat does the foundation fund?

• Current Events Magazines
• EdHelper
• OnCourse
• BrainPop/BrainPop Jr.
• Tumble Book www.nesfoundation.com
• Computer Lab Teacher
• August 22nd -September 26th
• Teacher Grants

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PBIS

• Positive Behavioral Intervention Support
• Behavior management system
• Encourages positive behavior
• Ticket/reward system

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TESTING

• CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test)
• October 7-9
• ITBS (Iowa Test of Basic Skills)
• October 10-17
• Georgia Milestone Assessment (formerly known as
  CRCT) April 15-24
• It will combine reading, language arts, and
  writing into a single measure to align to the
  standards.

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Georgia
Milestones Assessment Comprehensive single
program an assessment system not series of
tests (e.g., CRCT formative assessment
tools to complement summative Coherent
consistent expectations and rigor to position
Georgia students to compete with peers
nationally and internationally consistent
signal about student preparedness for the next
level, be it the next grade, course, or
college/career consistent signal about student
achievement both within system Consolidate
combine reading, language arts, and writing into
a single measure to align to the standards
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Before Testing

• Students need
• A good nights sleep
• A good nutritious breakfast
• To be at school on time

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Websites

• Cobb County Website www.cobbk12.org
• Nickajack Website www.cobbk12.org/nickajack/
• Team Blog
• e-mail addresses
• http//www.gadoe.org